A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Sola in Vanuatu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 130.06 km (81 miles). Id of earthquake: us100098t4. Event ids that are associated: us100098t4. Exact time and date of earthquake 04/07/17 / 2017-07-04 08:15:24 / July 4, 2017 @ 8:15 am UTC/GMT. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:15:24 / 7:15 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 166.7191 East, latitude -14.0914 South, depth = 130.06 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sola. The epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Sola (c. 1 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 92 km WSW of Sola, Vanuatu. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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